Sunday, December 4, 2016

December 2, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Special Education Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For December 2, 2016 Trump is not even president yet and already he’s being
castigated for taking a congratulatory phone call from the President of Taiwan
by the Chinese (first contact since 1979 by a U.S. President or President-elect);
deadly wildfires with 13 dead in Tennessee as officials are taking heat (no pun
intended) for not sending out evacuation orders by text or cell phone); the
Washington Monument, a must see attraction while in Washington, is now closed
indefinitely until sometime in 2019 to undergo elevator repairs (seems like a
long time but this is the federal government even in cases where the repair is
being funded by private philanthropy); in a refreshing note that we are not the
only country that transitions power peacefully, Gambia’s president of 22 years
conceded defeat in election results; HRC failed in her attempt to move enough
people to ignore her flaws and vote for her but with her never ending attacks
on Trump she certainly moved more people to go to Merriam Webster to search her
words of racist (1), xenophobe, bigot
and misogyny (none of which Trump was or will be).

As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Phil Harris, factoids of
interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Harry Reid, while
looking forward to munching on some fritters (killer recipe for pumbpkin
fritters below), blessed with a positive attitude and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any
memorable events like birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that
the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great
price tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me
for details.

1. Special Education Day—commemorating passage of the Individuals with Disability
Education Act in 1975 and observed since 2005.

2. International Sweater
Vestival—created in 2005 to encourage men and
women to wear a sweater to work although I would have placed this day on the
first work day following Christmas so one could display for the first and only
time some of the wacky Christmas sweaters as gifts before being returned. 3. 1950 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1950 on a run of 4 weeks in
that position “The Thing” by Phil Harris. Here is a recording of Phil Harris performing
the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWPx-fw0mI8

5.The Living Proof that Boxing Is Not Good for the Mind—bemoaning the birth on this day in 1939 of a lifelong denizen of
the swamp who leaves the swamp for good hopefully on December 31, 2016, Senator
Harry Reid who in his tenure as Senate Majority Leader was the most divisive, tyrannical
to probably ever occupied that position; he spent too much time in the ring and
probably was hit too many times to the head. He will not be missed.

On this day
in:

a. 1823 President James Munroe in his State of the Union address
proclaimed American neutrality in Europe and warned European powers not to
intervene in the Americas.

b. 1845 President James Polk in a State of the Union address
proclaimed America’s Manifest Destiny to aggressively expand to and settle the
West.

c. 1930 in a too little too late moment President Hoover in a
State of the Union address proposed a $150 million stimulus program to put
people back to work on public works projects (aka infrastructure).

d. 1956 Fidel Castro and with his 80 supporters landed in Cuba
to commence the Cuban Revolution and institute the nightmare that is still
present even though Fidel at 90 has smoked his last cigar.

e. 2015 Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik at the San Bernadino
Regional Center returned to a Christmas Party and killed 14 people and wounded
22 coworkers, many of whom had earlier hosted a baby shower for Malik.

Demented reflections from a biased partisan mind that fortunately
will no longer have a forum: “I think it is much
easier to be a good member of the Church and a Democrat than a good member of
the Church and a Republican.” Harry Reid
The sad thing is I really think he believes that dribble. Good luck in
retirement; too bad he did not take Pelosi with him. Please enjoy thepoems on events of
interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet andfollow me) and follow my
blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the
links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In
History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on
breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's
Believe It Or Notfor just This Day in History.

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